Assassins Glory
N.G: I don't own Naruto or any of its franchise
A/N also people if you're ticked that I discontinued SB:ROTDW then don't freaking tell me I gave you my reasons for discontinuing it! I don't need you guys to tell me I suck and shit like that! 'cause I could have forced myself to write a sequel to an epic story I knew I should have ended without a sequel and it would have slowly but surely come out crappy. or I could have spared you and myself time and wasted effort I apologize to people who read this and have no idea what I'm talking about. You didn't need to read that…Sorry.
Chapter two: Even the best laid plans…
8:39pm Hittokiri HQ
Uchiha Sasuke was not one for superstitions; in fact he wasn't even religious much to his mothers' chagrin. He viewed the world as a series of logistic problems with clear and concise answers to everything. It was just how he thought, he saw no point in the feuding gang war between the Uchiha and Hyuuga clans but he wasn't about to surrender either, so a compromise was in order. Not that anyone was complaining, anymore. They had combined to become the most powerful organized crime unit in the world. But so even he didn't have an answer for when fate came knocking on his door.
"Sasuke-sama," A quiet voice begged his attention from the doorway. The Uchiha looked up from his paperwork to see the cousin of his second in command standing there with her hands folded in front of her. He sighed and put down his pen and leaned back into his chair never taking his cold calculating eyes off the Hyuuga girl.
"What is it?" he asked no formality in his voice. Being used to their leaders behaviour, his friends and subordinates didn't so much flinch at his tine anymore, except when he was angry. Hinata bowed once more, her long violet hair falling like a curtain around her face.
"Our intelligence network has picked up a signal coming from the I.B.I sent to a pair of contract killers who are well known as some of the best." She reported not raising from her bow.
"Stand up Hinata," Sasuke told her, "We've know one another for too long for you too bow to me." Blushing furiously Hinata straightened her posture. "Why would the I.B.I use C.K's?" Sasuke muttered to himself placing his hand on his chin as he thought. Hinata waited patiently in the doorway, waiting to see if he had any instructions for her or for him to dismiss her.
"What do we know about these C.K's?" Sasuke asked her.
"Unfortunately not much," Hinata replied, "What we do know is that there are two of them working in a team. They are highly skilled in the fact that no one knows they're coming and no one has seen them."
"Who ever at the I.B.I who has hired them would know what they looked like." Sasuke said, "Have you checked the security cameras?"
"No, not yet sir. Shikamaru was waiting for your reaction before proceeding." Hinata half stepped out of the door was and indicated for him to follow her. "If you would follow me sir." Sasuke stood from his desk and followed the quiet girl down the hall way in the large mansion that was the headquarters for Hittokiri. It really was a nice place.
Designed and built by Sasukes ancestors and kept up by their decedents, the whole building was filled with luxurious wooden floors, clean white walls which were decorated with innumerable priceless antiques. Hey having connections in the worlds underground had its perks. Sasuke wasn't worried about anything being stolen, his men knew of his love of antiques and also knew the consequences if they should feel tempted to take one for them selves. Of coarse they would know, they had seen what happened to the last man who had gotten greedy of his masters collection. There wasn't enough left of him to be sent to his mother for burial.
As well as the treasures on the inside the mansion was stocked to the brim with the latest of security systems, monitoring systems of the grounds, guards and weapons often developed and tweaked by their own residential genius Naara Shikamaru, who they were going to see right now. No one got in or out without the Uchiha or Hyuugas' say so. A challenge for any unwanted guests.
"What do you have Shikamaru?" Sasuke asked as he walked into the room. The room was dark with no windows and the lights were turned off. Computer monitors filled the walls, casting their blue-whit light onto the techs who worked there.
"Sadly not much Sasuke," The lazy genius said rubbing his hand over his tired eyes. His brown hair usually pulled up in a spiky pony tail at the top of his head, Shikamaru was one of the few who could call Sasuke and Neji by their first name, and part of the fewer who could without and honorific. Growing up with the two had made sure of that. " I hacked into the I.B.I's security feed and went back and watched all day today and yesterday but haven't found anything to identify the killers or find their mission."
"If the I.B.I hired contract killers they would have met in the I.B.I building in order to prevent civilian involvement that could implicate them later." Sasuke said.
"I know they were there though," Shikamaru interrupted. He began typing quickly on the keybored. The video feed jumped back a day. "Look at these," Shikamaru pointed at the screen.
"What am I looking at Naara?" Sasuke asked watching the video of the I. front doors..
"Nothing." Shikamaru answered, "look at the crowed entering the building." He rewound the feed and played it again in slow motion.
"There's a space…" Sasuke muttered. Shikamaru nodded.
"Two actually," he said pointing to the other one. "Enough space for two bodies."
"But there's nothing there," Hinata said, her brows furrowed.
"Exactly!" Shikamaru said again typing furiously on the keyboard. "Those two have some how gotten their hands on EICD's!"
"What?" Hinata was puzzled.
"Electric Imprinting Cover Devices." Sasuke told her. "They were developed by the military for covert operations. They prevent electronic detection and recording devices from sensing them. In this case it prevented the camera from recording them. How the hell did they get their hands on those?" Sasuke whispered harshly his eyes jealous. EICD's were closely guarded by the military and even he could get his hand son some of them.
"No Idea," Shikamaru said, "But they must be really good if they did." He hit one button and sat back in his chair. "Now watch, I'm going to isolate them by feeding the image through different frequencies. I haven't dealt with these before but we should get something." The trio watched as different colours began to crawl across the image, slowly but surely two forms were beginning to take shape. But they could get any defining features.
"Damn! Sorry boss." Shikamaru sighed at the two hazy blobs on the screen, their colours indistinct and features unrecognizable.
"It's all right Shikamaru," Sasuke told him, "We know that the I.B.I has hired two C.K's who are capable of stealing top secret government technology. They wouldn't hire people of that calibre if it were just for small fry. They're sending them after us. They must have gotten word of us buying that Bio-weapon. The timing to too close to be a coincidence."
"So what do we do?" Shikamaru asked twirling his chair to face his friend, his hands folded neatly on his stomach.
"Let them come," Sasuke said with a well known look in his eyes. One he got when he was about to make a good purchase or sale.
X~X~X
"What are you thinking about Ten?" Sakura asked from the kitchen. Tenten was in the living room supposedly cleaning their weapons like she always did before job. But this time the rag was limp in her hand and she didn't pick up one of their many knives.
"I was just wondering how we are going to even get it?" she said, "Hittokiri only consists of members of the Uchiha clan or Hyuuga clan, or people who have either been recommended or are extremely valuable to the gang. Since we are none of the above, and our only worth is going to be used against them…" She lifted her hands in a helpless gesture.
"We will have to use the EICD's again," Sakura muttered tiredly. Tenten nodded. "I hate those things. They drain too much energy. We only used them to get into the building and across the floors yesterday and they still whipped us out. How are we supposed to use them consecutively while trying to find our targets, avoiding their men, and without triggering their motion alarm systems?" Sakura ranted.
"I guess the same way we always do Sak," Tenten said picking up a throwing knife, "Quickly and quietly with no witnesses." Sakura sunk into a chair, her usual cheer gone.
"Yeah," She said propping her head onto her hand, "No witnesses."
10:59pm outside Hittokiri HQ
"I've scouted the area," Sakura said coming up to Tenten in the dark. There was a fringe of trees about a hundred yards from the fence that bordered the grounds of the estate that was the headquarters for Hittokiri. "This is the only area in the fencing that's not covered by security .
"It's probably designed that way as a lure for potential trespassers." Tenten concluded.
"You mean like us?" Sakura said with a grin.
"Duh," Tenten rolled her eyes, "Also that fence is probably either pressure sensitive or electrified. We touch it we're toast. Literally."
"So the question is," Sakura began.
"How the hell do we get inside?" Tenten finished. The girls were silent as they pondered their next move.
"well," Sakura began offhandedly, "We can always go under it." Tenten froze then turned her head stiffly to look at her friend with an incredulous expression.
"What?" Sakura asked. Tenten kept staring at her. "Okay you're creeping me out now."
"It's worth a try…" Tenten finally muttered and began examining the fence, "Yeah I think that would work."
"Then lets go," Sakura grinned wickedly.
X~X~X
"Think it'll work?" A blond haired man asked a brunette who was kneeling next to a large hound.
"Shikamaru came up with it Naruto, of course it will." He told the blond. Naruto sighed.
"I dunno Kiba, something don't feel right." He muttered staring out in to black night. They were far from the bright lights of the city.
"You just don't have enough youth Naruto-kun!" said a bowl headed man dressed in all green next to him. He smiled flashing his whit teeth temporarily blinding the small group that were waiting for the signal to move.
"Seriously dude," Kiba complained squinting his eyes against the glare, "stop doing that."
"It's a simple enough plan," said the hooded figure who had kept quiet all this time, "They touch the fence they set of the silent alarms, we're on them in seconds with guns ready."
"Shino when did you get here?" Kiba asked surprised.
"…I was always here Kiba."
"Sorry man." An awkward silence fell on the group.
"You guys are all sad…" Sasuke said by the doorway.
"Teme!" Naruto cried, "What's up?"
"Waiting for that pair of C.K's obviously dobe." He said walking over to the monitors, "Why are you using these? You won't be able to see them anyways." Kiba shrugged.
"I don't know how to turn them off." He said. Sasuke rolled his eyes and pressed a button and the screens flickered off.
"… shut up."
"Pwned.'
"I said shut up Shino!" everyone laughed when a red light from the ceiling began to flash.
"That's the signal," Sasuke told them all serious and pulling his gun, "Let's go."
They ran out into the night, rifles or hand guns cocked and ready sweeping from side to side trying to catch a glimpse of the killers. They weren't using their night vision goggles because they would have been useless against the EICD's. The group quickly approached the site that had deliberately been void of any security coverage and were shocked to see the pit dug under the fence, completely by passing the pressure sensing fence.
"Well shit," Naruto said lowering his gun slightly, "Guess Shikamaru didn't think of that."
"But then why did the alarm go off?" Shino asked.
"How youthful! Such a wonderful idea!" Lee crowed eyes shining in pure delight.
"Oh god if he does the sunset thing again I will shoot him." Kiba muttered to Akamaru who's nose was too the ground trying to pick up their quarries scent. The dog whined and lay down confused. He couldn't find any scent.
"Damn!" Sasuke growled he looked around and saw a light on the other side of the fence. He walked close to the chain link and squinted his eyes to see it better. The light was from a single candle beside it on the ground was the charred remains of thin rope. He looked around and saw a branch that hung close to the fence with a good sized rock swinging from it by the same kind of rope with another piece trailing from it. The end of that piece was charred.
"Clever," He muttered to himself. They were on the estate long before the signal was given. The time delaying device they had created proved that. And they had wasted even more time coming to check this area out. "very clever." The gleam returned to his eyes. Whatever the I.B.I was paying this pair he would pay double, triple even if they would switch sides to him. He could afford it.
"They're long gone," He told his team while standing. "They built a simple but effective time delay device after the dug this hole to get a heads start.
"Damn," Naruto cursed, "We would have seen them make it if we had cameras here…"
"True," Sasuke agreed, "But we can't change that now." He readied his guns making sure there was a bullet in the camber, "Move out."
The team nodded, knowing Sasuke could take care of himself. Silently they spread out and faded into the darkness. Sasuke strode confidently to the side of the building closest to the hole; it was about three hundred yards away. As he got closer he slowed his silent footsteps and placed both hands on his handgun. He had knives in his combat boots as well as in his belt. He pressed his back against the wall of the stone building grating the bare skin of his arms and shoulders slightly trying to prevent his cotton wife beater and bullet roof vest from getting caught on the rough hewn stone. He cross-stepped closer to the corner his eyes trained on the sharp turn. He reached it and took a calming breath, he span around the corner quickly with his gun raised. Nothing was there. A rock shifted somewhere behind him. He span gun trained…on nothing.
"You're even more handsome in person." Came a voice from his left "Pity." His eyes widened and he pivoted. His eyes caught a flash of pink, before a jarring pain to his wrists caused his gun to fly from his hands. He reached for a knife in his belt, but another kick sent him onto his back. Pressure landed on his arms pinning them to the ground and onto his chest. He opened his eyes and glared into amused green ones before he felt the press of a muzzle to his forehead.
X~X~X
Sakura watched amused as her target the Uchiha Sasuke, she and Tenten had split them up earlier, registered that his captor and soon to be killer was a woman. The shock in his eyes was evident.
"What expecting someone bigger?" she asked sweetly with a bright smile as she held her glock to his head. He shook off his amazement and glared at her.
"What if I was?" he countered. Sakura let out a peal of laughter throwing her head back.
"I was hoping you would." She said looking back at him still smiling and not at all offended, "It makes our job a lot easier when they don't expect us to be female."
"So there are two girls in your pairing?" he asked a smirk making it's way onto his face as she let that piece of info slip. She shrugged not al all worried.
"Like I said it makes it easier." He opened his mouth to speak some more but she held her finger to her lips with a sultry smile that left Sasukes mouth dry. "Shhhhh," she smiled, "It's time to get to the good part." She pulled back the hammer.
"It really is a shame," Sakura told him, her eyes thoughtful as she looked at his face up and down, "You really are too good looking to waste."
"Then don't." Sasuke told her , "I'll pay you double what your getting to work for me." Again Sakura smiled.
"Sorry, we don't break contracts and I don't think you can offer anything better than full immunity." She told him, "Any last words?"
"Just a few," Sasuke said with a devious smile of his own. "You should have killed me right off." As he said that he slammed his knee into Sakuras back. Sakura cursed and her grip on her gun faltered. Distracted Sasuke took the opportunity to grab her arms and roll, effectively switching their positions.
Sakura was absolutely furious. How could she have made such a rookie mistake?! Who knew, maybe it was the fact that he actually spoke to her, challenged her instead of begged for his life like all the others did. Maybe it was the understanding and intelligence in his eyes. Hell maybe it was even because in person he was fucking drop dead gorgeous! Still he was on top of her now and she was under him…not a bad position at any other time but he was right, she should have killed him right off and made a break for the exit and hoe. Trusting Tenten would be either right in front or behind her.
Sasuke lazily pulled out a shiny knife from his boot. Sakura eyed it. It was a wicked blade; well she had always known this day would come. It always did so she closed her eyes and waited for him to slice her a new mouth below the chin.
"Aw don't think that sweets," he spoke above her, Sakura peaked open an eye to look at him he eyes her , "I have use for you." He said then reversed the blade in his hand and brought the handle down and rapped her sharply on the temple effectively knocking her out.
End of Chapter
N.G: I actually have a picture of Sakura going Shhhhh on my deviant account. Links on my profile. Hoped you enjoyed. Next chap What is Sasuke planning? What will happen to Sakura? And where the heck is Tenten?